Two Fools on the Road to Emmaus Podcast – The guys conclude last week’s conversation by examining the parallel ditches of hyper-intellectualism and flakiness. They ruminate about the prominent trend in Western Christianity of having relationship with concepts and ideas about God, as opposed to the person of Jesus himself.

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Two Fools on the Road to Emmaus Podcast – Why do we always seem to gravitate toward unbalanced extremes?  In life we relate to each other both intellectually and through shared experience.  In this episode Mark and Mike talk about their journeys through hyper-intellectualism and flaky ‘charismania’, and how God is leading them to find life somewhere in the middle.

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Two Fools on the road to Emmaus Podcast – The guys are back and feeling a little nettled by an email making the rounds that preys upon shame and fear.  This launches them into a discussion around the heart of institution and what they mean when they use that word.

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This week Mike and Mark conclude their discussion from “Pact With The Devil”, and focus on the theology of “Penal Substitution” as the heart of the issue.

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This week Mike and Mark dig deeper into the issue of the masks we wear, and examine how we cut ourselves off from authentic relationship with others and from experiencing God’s love in a deep way by wearing those masks.

Mike referenced Greg Boyds book “Repenting of Religion: Turning from Judgment to the Love of God.”

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